6 MAG 094/ 7 MAG 110 Second Micro-Projects Programme in the Social Housing Sector

Budget:1.9 million Euros

Signature: June 30, 1995.

Results: 91 projects in the former provinces of Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga and Toliary

Main achievements:

Development in the South:

• Agriculture and rural development in the South: 14 agricultural support projects in the regions of Bekily, Ambovombe, Tsihombe
• Well-digging in the Tsihombe and Amboasary Sud regions
• 9 education projects (schools and similar) in Ambovombe, Bekily, Tsihombe, Toliary, Morondava
• Rehabilitation of Amboasary Sud market, dredging of Morondava port

Other regions:

• 16 school rehabilitations and new construction projects, 24 drinking water supply projects, 12 road rehabilitation projects (tracks, bridges, and culverts)

Goals

• Meeting the development needs of local communities.
• Strengthen and rehabilitate priority infrastructure on the initiative of local authorities.
• To give ownership of the projects only to their direct beneficiaries.
• To apply a strategy of prioritizing the viability and sustainability of actions by selecting projects that are a strict priority for the beneficiary groups.
• To give maximum responsibility to the beneficiaries in all phases of the project.
• Align economic sectors with the main development objectives of the country.

Eligibility criteria

• The need is expressed by the community itself.
• The need is a priority.
• The project will have an economic and social impact on the life of the community.
• The idea for the project comes from the community or some of its members.
• The community itself designs the project or is actively involved in the design phase (with the help of an NGO, the Cellule d'Opération itself, or a Consulting firm).
• The community itself implements the project or plays a significant role in its implementation.
• The local authority organizes the operation, management and maintenance of the work carried out.